The rover is expected to be launched during November 9 – 15, 2022 at the earliest
UAE space mission
Abu Dhabi Space Debate
Major space conference to be held in Abu Dhabi
The conference intends to bring together leading engineers, policy makers and scientists, in December.
Astronaut programme
Emirati astronaut Sultan Al Neyadi chosen for 6-month mission to International Space Station
The UAE earlier secured the six-month mission to the ISS after it purchased a seat on a SpaceX rocket from Axiom Space
hope probe
UAE ‘on track’ to land on Moon and Mars, says leading UK space expert
Dr Maharaj Vijay Redd says Emirati space ambitions are ‘feasible’
Hope Probe to Mars
UAE space mission gives ‘hope’ for international cooperation, says US Congressman
Frank Lucas says success of UAE space programme could lead to more NASA funding
Emirati astronaut
In pictures: One year on from UAE’s historic space mission
The Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC) has commemorated the one-year anniversary of the historic launch of the first Emirati to space and the first Arab to the International Space Station. Emirati astronaut Hazzaa AlMansoori embarked on the eight-day mission onboard the Russian spacecraft Soyuz MS-15, at 5:57 pm UAE time on September 25, 2019 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
Aerospace
In pictures: Japanese rocket will launch the UAE’s Mars Hope Probe
Sheikh Mohammed has reviewed the final preparations of the Emirates Mars Mission’s Hope Probe is scheduled to take off from Japan’s Tanegashima Space Centre on July 15 at 12.51am UAE time.
Aerospace
Video: Major human space flight milestones – UAE’s space mission
In honour of International Day of Human Space Flight, the Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC) has released a video that highlights the beginning of human space flight to when the UAE participated in the journey.
climate change
Video: How Mars might hold the key to better understanding climate change
The UAE sets its sights on Mars with the Hope probe due to launch this Summer to unlock the secrets of the red planet’s puzzling history.